Toledo Castile-La Mancha Kingdom of Spain

Toledo Castile-La Mancha Kingdom of Spain

Toledo is a city in central Spain, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1986.

Toledo is known as the "Imperial City" because it was the headquarters of the court of Charles V, and as the "City of Three Cultures" because of the cultural influence of Christians, Muslims and Jews in its history. It is known for its long history in the production of edged weapons.

The city sits on top of a mountain, bordered on three sides by the Tagus River, containing many monuments, including the Alcazar and the Gothic Primate Cathedral of Spain.

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Toledo to miasto w środkowej Hiszpanii, wpisane na listę światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO w 1986 roku.

Toledo jest znane jako „Cesarskie Miasto”, ponieważ było główną siedzibą dworu Karola V, oraz jako „Miasto Trzech Kultur” ze względu na wpływy kulturowe chrześcijan, muzułmanów i żydów w jego historii. Znane jest z długiej historii w produkcji broni białej.

Miasto znajduje się na szczycie góry, otoczone z trzech stron rzeką Tag, zawiera wiele zabytków, w tym Alkazar i gotycką katedrę prymasowską Hiszpanii.

Ciudad fundada por los Romanos.

Judios,Musulmanes y Cristianos dieron el nombre a la “Ciudad de las Tres Culturas”

Con la bufanda del río

Toledo se abriga del frío.

Con la campana mayor,

se quedó sordo un señor.

Con la tajada del tajo

un perro se vino abajo

y los árabes con destreza

convirtieron el agua en belleza.

Fijaos bien en lo que os digo:

quinientos curas y ochocientos mendigos

forman este pueblo que corte ha sido.

—Comprensión y pesetas a Usía pido,

que yo soy de los guías en mejor “guío”.

Comprensión y pesetas le pido a Usía,

yo soy de los turistas el mejor guía.

—¡Vean la Sinagoga y el Alcázar Real,

disfruten con el entierro del Conde Orgaz!

(En Zocodover hay un autocar,

y en el Tajo una viuda se ha echado a navegar.)

La ciudad está vieja

y no va más,

aún llegan al encanto de su agonizar,

vamos turistas, vamos allá,

¡antes de que caigan la noche y la Catedral!

Poema de Gloria Fuertes

Mientras tanto, una dama envia a su celestina para sus fines y las malas artes. Aunque esta vez se podria decir... a río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores.

Another roof top shot this time of Toledo in Spain. Apart from the TV aerials this must look very similar to the view El Greco saw when he made his many paintings of this town

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Toledo ist eine alte Stadt auf einem Hügel über dem Flachland von Castilla-La Mancha in der Mitte Spaniens. Die Hauptstadt der Region ist für ihre arabischen, jüdischen und christlichen Bauwerke aus dem Mittelalter in der von einer Mauer umgebenen Altstadt bekannt.

leider fehlte an diesem Vormittag die Sonne, obwohl es recht warm war

Toledo, Spain

Toledo Castile-La Mancha Kingdom of Spain

Toledo - Castilla la Mancha - España - Spain

Historic City of Toledo (Spain) © UNESCO

Successively a Roman municipium, the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom, a fortress of the Emirate of Cordoba, an outpost of the Christian kingdoms fighting the Moors and, in the 16th century, the temporary seat of supreme power under Charles V, Toledo is the repository of more than 2,000 years of history. Its masterpieces are the product of heterogeneous civilizations in an environment where the existence of three major religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – was a major factor.

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Panorama of the skyline in Toledo, OH with the Maumee River in the foreground. This is my first successful panorama and I think it turned out pretty well, overall. I really dig the tall building left of center that allows the warm light from the setting sun to peek through.

This scene is soon to change when ProMedica builds their headquarters in place of the old Steam Plant and erects a parking garage right next to it.

The Toledo Cathedral is one of the most striking Gothic cathedrals in Europe.

It is believed that Toledo was built in the place where Virgin appeared to St. Ildefonsus. Actually, the Cathedral is located in the place of the former church of the King Recarreda and the Muslim mosque.

Constructed on the site of a former Grand Mosque, the Catholic Cathedral of Toledo was built between the years 1226 and 1493 . That is 267 years of construction!

The vestry of cathedral keeps a lot of religious artefacts (for example, different ritual clothes, embroidered with the precious stones, put over the statue of Virgin during the solemn worships. These clothes are stored in the chests, made of the precious breeds of marble. Toledo Cathedral also keeps many outstanding works of art (more than in any other Spanish cathedral).

This image is a bit more cluttered with people and objects than I would have liked but then again its a busy railway station . The train station in Toledo in Spain did I feel warrant a photograph it looks l more like a Moorish palace than somewhere to board a train.

The Toledo railway station was designed by architect Narciso Clavería y de Palacios in the Neo-Mudéjar style The station was opened in 1919 . It was designed to echo the historic architecture of the city. The central section is flanked by two side naves, one of which is adjacent to the clock tower, which imitates the style of Toledo church towers.

The station has been declared a Property of Cultural Interest and classified as a monument.

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Blick vom Mirador Toledo (Panorama)

The Portland and Western - eastbound Toledo puller crosses the Willamette River entering Albany, Oregon the afternoon of March 16, 2023.

Die Puente de Alcántara, über den Tajo mit der Altstadt von Toledo, zur blauen Stunde

La ciudad española de Toledo, es conocida como La ciudad Imperial, debido a que fue la sede principal de la corte de Carlos I. Toledo también es conocida como la Ciudad de las Tres Culturas, ya que durante siglos estuvo poblada por judíos, musulmanes y cristianos.

Toledo, se sitúa en la margen derecha del Rio Tajo, sobre una colina a 100 metros de altura sobre el Rio. Cuenta con numerosos lugares de interés y, desde el año 1986, es patrimonio de la humanidad, aunque, ya en el año 1940, fue declarada Conjunto Histórico-Artístico. Entre sus monumentos mas conocidos están el Alcázar, la Catedral de Santa María de Toledo, Museo de El Greco o el barrio judío, también conocido como la judería, donde se puede visitar diferentes Iglesias y Sinagogas.

He visitado varias veces esta maravillosa ciudad y nunca deja de sorprenderme.

Coaling tower this time. Here si CSX train #335, a Walbridge to Grand Rapids evening/overnight turn, passing the coaling tower at the grass covered Toledo Terminal engine facility. I have the date on the slide as 8/13/1988 but see I previously posted one as 8/7/1988 which I now think is wrong. NR Tower might correct me since he was there too. The normal assignment for the F units at this time was the the roadrailer that ran out of Detroit but on days off they would sometimes be used on this out and back turn. We would use the 800 tracing number to know if they were in Walbridge or not. And on this day it worked out that they were.

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